absent
German, adjective[apˈzɛnt]
absent is spelled A-B-S-E-N-T (6 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written German, the 170,338th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Absent is a German adjective meaning “absent, not present” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “körperlich nicht anwesend, nicht zugegen”.
What does absent mean in English?
adjective
- 1
absent, not present
- 2
absent-minded
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. körperlich nicht anwesend, nicht zugegen 2. geistig nicht anwesend
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of absent
- absenter masculine nominative singular
- absente feminine nominative singular
- absentes neuter nominative singular
- absenten genitive masculine singular
- absentem dative masculine singular
- der absente definite includes-article masculine
- die absente definite feminine includes-article
- das absente definite includes-article neuter
- die absenten definite includes-article nominative
- des absenten definite genitive includes-article
- der absenten definite feminine genitive
- dem absenten dative definite includes-article
- den absenten dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce absent?
- [apˈzɛnt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is absent in German?
absent appears about once in every 10 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).